Each month Statistics Canada releases comprehensive data on the state of Canada’s labour markets. The Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours is based on firm-level administrative payroll data. This is distinct from the Labour Force Survey, which is another important source of labour market information.
Displays the change in payroll employment and employment rates. First, since the start of Alberta’s recession. Then compares provinces.
Growth in employment, by sector.
## # A tibble: 2 x 2
## # Groups: GEO [2]
## GEO change
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Alberta 0.0947
## 2 Canada 0.117
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 Dec 2019 Data 1165.990
## 2 Dec 2019 Fixed Hours/OT 1208.237
## 3 Dec 2019 Fixed Sectoral Emp. 1257.456
## 4 Dec 2019 National Wage Growth 1284.559
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 Dec 2019 Data 1165.990
## 2 Dec 2019 If Wage Growth\nMatched Canada's 1191.391
Created by Trevor Tombe
ttombe@ucalgary.ca